Aggregation of misfolded, hyperphosphorylated tau protein is a hallmark of several etiologically diverse age-related neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies, which include Picks’ disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and ...

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a small, highly motile, predatory bacterium. It preys on a wide variety of gram-negative bacteria, including some human pathogens. As a result, Bdellovibrio has been proposed as a non-pharmaceutical ...

Bedrock weathering is a fundamental component of critical zone geomorphology that can be influenced by rock strength, fracture spacing, mineralogy, and topoclimate. By quantifying rock strength, we can characterize bedrock ...

If I find aesthetic value in an image depicting violence, have I done something wrong? Am I at fault for finding the image aesthetically appealing? Is my enjoyment of this work immoral? These are the sort of questions this ...

This thesis theorizes Opportunity NYC, the first conditional cash transfer program outside the developing world. This program is contextualized within the history of U.S. public policy toward the poor, as well as within ...

Internships are learning experiences that build up your professional skills and allow you to better understand direction in your future career path. For some, this means exploring fields that may seem intimidating and ...

The subject of this thesis is literary onomastics – the study of names in literature. My focus is on American literature, and, specifically, on two important authors within the genre: William Faulkner and Toni Morrison. ...

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Dendroclimatology utilizes tree-rings to reconstruct past climate. Tree-ring growth is related to limiting growth factors, which can be either internal (biologic) or external (environmental or climatic). A ...

Goodnow Park, Lake Nonotuck, and the Pepper Box: These were once familiar places at Mount Holyoke College, but they have been utterly lost. Only one of the three, the Pepper Box, has literally disappeared, torn down in ...

Using anthropological ideas about understanding identity through material culture, this piece seeks to unlock how racial identity was created and maintained by colonial Britons in India from 1857-1914. From the layout of ...